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US-7606003

Electrical device for interconnecting magnetic head and driving circuit which uses adjusted length wires of opposite polarity to reduce crosstalk and storage apparatus including same

PublishedOctober 20, 2009
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Technical Abstract

A storage apparatus and a magnetic head driving device includes a recording/reproducing head including a write element and a magnetoresistive element, a driving circuit for driving the write element and the magnetoresistive element, and write wires and read wires which connect the recording/reproducing head to the driving circuit. The write wires and the read wires are disposed in parallel in at least a portion between the recording/reproducing head and the driving circuit. At a location between the recording/reproducing head and the driving circuit, either of the write wires and the read wires are disposed so that a polarity of the either of the write wires and the read wires is reversed with respect to a polarity of the other of the write wires and the read wires.

Patent Claims
8 claims

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1. A storage apparatus comprising: a recording/reproducing head including a write element and a magnetoresistive element; a driving circuit for driving the write element and the magnetoresistive element; write wires and read wires for connecting the recording/reproducing head to the driving circuit, said write wires and read wires being disposed in parallel in at least a portion between the recording/reproducing head and the driving circuit; and a connection portion for reversing polarity of one of the write wires and read wires with respect to polarity of the other of the write wires and the read wires at a location between the recording/reproducing head and the driving circuit, wherein the total length of the read wires that the polarity reverses to the polarity of the write wires is adjusted so that crosstalk electrical current, caused by both the write element and the write wires, flowing into the magnetoresistive element is reduced within an allowable electrical current value of the magnetoresistive element.

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2. The storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the write wires and the read wires are disposed at a flexible printed circuit board on which the driving circuit is disposed and at a relay flexible printed circuit board, the relay flexible printed circuit board has the connection portion which further connects the read wires at the relay flexible printed circuit board to the read wires at the flexible printed circuit board and connects the write wires at the relay flexible printed circuit board to the write wires at the flexible printed circuit board.

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3. The storage apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the write wires and the read wires are disposed at a flexure on which the recording/reproducing head is disposed and at the relay flexible printed circuit board, the relay flexible printed circuit board has the connection portion which further connects the read wires at the relay flexible printed circuit board to the read wires at the flexure and connects the write wires at the relay flexible printed circuit board to the write wires at the flexure.

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4. The storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the write wires and the read wires are disposed at a flexure on which the recording/reproducing head is disposed and at a relay flexible printed circuit board, the relay flexible printed circuit board has the connection portion which further connects the read wires at the relay flexible printed circuit board to the read wires at the flexure and connects the write wires at the relay flexible printed circuit board to the write wires at the flexure.

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5. A magnetic head driving device comprising: a recording/reproducing head including a write element and a magnetoresistive element; a driving circuit for driving the write element and the magnetoresistive element; write wires and read wires for connecting the write element and the magnetoresistive element of the recording/reproducing head to the driving circuit, said write wires and read wires being disposed in parallel in at least a portion between the recording/reproducing head and the driving circuit; and a connection portion for reversing polarity of one of the write wires and read wires with respect to polarity of the other of the write wires and the read wires at a location between the recording/reproducing head and the driving circuit, wherein the total length of the read wires that the polarity reverses to the polarity of the write wires is adjusted so that crosstalk electrical current, caused by both the write element and the write wires, flowing into the magnetoresistive element is reduced within an allowable electrical current value of the magnetoresistive element.

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6. The magnetic head driving device according to claim 5 , wherein the write wires and the read wires are disposed at a flexible printed circuit board on which the driving circuit is disposed and at a relay flexible printed circuit board, the relay flexible printed circuit board has the connection portion which further connects the read wires at the relay flexible printed circuit board to the read wires at the flexible printed circuit board and connects the write wires at the relay flexible printed circuit board to the write wires at the flexible printed circuit board.

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7. The magnetic head driving device according to claim 6 , wherein the write wires and the read wires are disposed at a flexure on which the recording/reproducing head is disposed and at the relay flexible printed circuit board, the relay flexible printed circuit board has the connection portion which further connects the read wires at the relay flexible printed circuit board to the read wires at the flexure and connect the write wires at the relay flexible printed circuit board to the write wires at the flexure.

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8. The magnetic head driving device according to claim 5 , wherein the write wires and the read wires are disposed at a flexure on which the recording/reproducing head is disposed and at a relay flexible printed circuit board, the relay flexible printed circuit board has the connection portion which further connects the read wires at the relay flexible printed circuit board to the read wires at the flexure and connects the write wires at the relay flexible printed circuit board to the write wires at the flexure.

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Filing Date

March 21, 2006

Publication Date

October 20, 2009

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